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There is a chinese movie about how in China people often don't tell cancer patients that they have cancer until it is well too late in order to let them live wi
by collaborative 5y ago
There is a chinese movie about how in China people often don't tell cancer patients that they have cancer until it is well too late in order to let them live with as much normality as possible for as long as possible. The operation involves a doctor having a private conversation with a relative, and being complicit in the pretense
- jimt1234 5y agoSame concept. American/Chinese movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farewell_(2019_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farewell_(2019_film)
- meijer 5y agoThis was common in the West, too, as late as in the 90s. I don't like it, though. I want to be able to prepare for my death.
- redis_mlc 5y agoUm, non-CCP members in China have to pay for cancer treatment, called "Big Sickness." Typically it means selling everything you own, which your family, especially in-laws, would be opposed to.